Slip



y 1938. M. c. SCHRANK I 2,116,047

SLIP

Filed Jul} 31, 1935 STRAIGHT Patented May 3, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

garment of the slip type, and especially one with the characteristics just mentioned, which will be economical of manufacture. both as to the quantity of material required and the work in producing the various parts or pieces and sewing them together.

My invention consists in whatever is described by or included within the terms or scope of the appended. claim.

In the drawing-'- Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a garment embodying or made in conformity with'my invention;

. Fig. 2 is a back view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a. view, somewhat diagrammatic, show ing the shapes or contours of the various parts which goto makeup a garment such as that nomical use of the materialin providing the garment pieces, the illustration in Fig. 3 showing how the patterns are laid for producing the pieces for two complete garments.

To achieve the very desirable ends of a close and satisfactory and comfortable fit of the upper part of the garment; especially at the back, and to make the garment sag-proof, I make the back from a line, say at the hips, upward, of cloth or material cut on the bias, so'that the threads extend obliquely across the person of the wearer, and the remainder of the main portion of the garment, which is the front from top to bottom and the back below the bottom edge of .the back piece; of material or cloth cut on the straight, that is to say, with the warp threads extending horizontally. Thus, by reason of the bias back piece. the garment has flexibility which causes its automatic conformation to the curves or bends of the. wearer's back above the hips, and, by reason of the straight" of the cloth or piece constituting the rest or substantially the rest of the garment, it is sag-proof. Preferably, the bust portions of the front are made of pieces or shapes cut on the bias, so that they will have the desired close fit, and thev back, at the shoulders, is preferably made of pieces cut on the "straight with the warp thread extending horizontally. These last named pieces, as well as the bust pieces, are economically made, as is illustrated in Fig. 3 and as hereafter described, in cutting the garment pieces from the length of cloth or fabric which is of standard width and indefinite length.

The blank or shapewhich provides the front and the back of the slip below the hip or waist line, so that at the back are two overlapping panels forshadow-proofing, has, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, the T-shape, the stem constituting the upper part of the front ill of the slip and each lateral extension ll andthe intervening portion l2 constituting the overlapping shadow-proof panelsat the back, below the waistline, and the bdttom or skirt portion of the slip at the front. The opposite vertical edges of the shadow-proof panels II are free, as usual, to allow freedom of movement of the limbs of the wearer.

The bias cut back piece I3 has a horizontal bottom edge and its width from side to side matches the width of the upper part of the front 10, and the latter and the side .edges of the back 2 i3 aresewed together. The top of the back I3 is pointed, the oppositeinclined edges meeting at the top of the back and in each triangular space thus provided is sewed a triangular piece H, cut on the straight with the warp threads running horizontal, the upper edges of which in the slip shown,- extend in horizontal alinement, and, as has been explained, at the front there are bust covering pieces l5 that, respectively, are sewed along'one inclined edge to the inclined edge of the pointed top portion l6 of the front. These bust covering pieces are cut so that the threads extend obliquely or on the bias. Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the patterns for the front pieces of the garment, with their shadow-proof laterally extending panels, are laid upon the piece of cloth I! so that the stems of the Ts extend crosswise of such piece, and the lateral extension ll of one piece lies alongside the lateral extension of the adjoining piece so that each such pattern from extremity of the stem of the T to what is the bottom edge of the piece, requires or uses substantially one half 6f the width of the stock piece I1, so that, in effect, the length of the stem of the T is one half the width of such stock piece. The-triangular pieces ll complete the top of the back l3 economically, with the corner spaces between the inclined edges of the point of the stem and the end of the adjaspeaking with reference to what is the bottom edge of the back piece, so that the threads occur on the bias or incline, and one of the inclined.

edges of the point of the back piece is at or close to and parallel to the side edge of the stock piece I'I.

This disposition of the patterns for the back pieces I! provides or aflords areas just large enough for the patterns that provide the four bust pieces Ii for two slips without any substantial waste of material;

It will be understood, of course, that the warp threads ll of the stock piece II extend parallel with the side edges of the stock piece.

The slip illustrated in the drawing, and having the particular conformation and arrangement of parts shown and described in detail, constitutes a most satisfactory embodiment of my invention, but it is to be understood that I do not restrict myself thereto, but the scope of my invention reaches to 'whatever is included within the following claim.

What I claim is:

A sagless garment of the slip type including a substantially inverted T-shaped body section having vertical and horizontal threads, the vertically extending central portion of which extends from the hip line to a point adjacent the neck of the wearer to provide an upper front panel, and the horizontal lower portion of said body section having its laterally extending ends overlapped and connected along their upper edges throughout the entire length thereof so as to provide free bottom and end edges, and a back panel having its threads disposed on. a. bias with respect to the Y threads of the front panel and being connected to the side edges of the latter and to the connected upper edges of the overlapped portions of the inverted T-shaped body section, said biased back portion extending from a point at substantially the hip-line of the garment and terminating at a point adjacent the neck oi the wearer, whereby to permit stretching of the garment during stooping and sitting positions of the wearer and a return to normal when the wearer is in a standing position to prevent sagging of the rear portion of the garmerit. 

